Mao: The Unknown Story Essays

the stock market, and sharing their daily life stories. When Amy was 15, her father and older brother died of brain tumors in the same

Khrushchev and Mao Zedong In the 1950s, Communism was at its peak. The USSR, or the Soviet Union, had become powerful under Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev and had control over the Eastern Bloc, and China was gaining power under Mao Zedong. By the end of the decade, The Soviet Union and China were on top in the Communist world, and this caused tension between the two leaders. The power struggle between them was not outright war, but passive aggressiveness and one-upmanship. Khrushchev and Mao not only

party in China walks a thin line between the two and as a result its people walk an even thinner unknown line. The struggle between the two ideologies results in a country trying to adapt to 21st century values, while still holding on to their past. Evan Osnos’ book, Age of Ambition Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China, describes this tug-of-war battle between freedom and control that

Xuanzang should be known as one of the world's great heroes. His travels are legendary. He brought true Buddhism to China. His own book provides a unique record of the history and culture of his time. Yet he is unknown to most of us and even to most Chinese. Sun Shuyun, herself brought up in China, was determined to follow in his footsteps, discover more about Xuanzang and restore his fame. So she retraced his journey from China to India and back. In the 8th century, crossing 110 kingdoms, he took

Important Historical Events Social 1966: The "Little Red Book". Climax of Mao-cult. 2012, Jan.: China's urban population outnumbers its rural population. Political 1966-1976:The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution - a decade lost in anarchy and chaos. During Cultural Revolution China's jurisdiction essentially ceases to operate. 1966-1968: Destruction of "The Four Olds": Old ideas, old culture, old customs, old habits. 1966-1976: 10 years of turmoil at schools and universities seriously harm

enormous walls to protect themselves from man-eating Titans. Since its debut, this manga has captured its audience’s attention and has a huge fan base because of its depiction of a semi-apocalypse world with cannibalistic giants and a mystery-laden story. Attack on Titan

‘The Blood Telegram’ is a description of events that led to the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 and the formation of Bangladesh, viewed from an American perspective. The title is drawn from a dissent telegram that Archer Blood, the American consul general to Dhaka, (East Pakistan at that time), had sent to Washington. The strongly worded telegram expressed dissent by the consul general and his staff at the Dhaka consulate, for the US policy that was indifferent to the genocide being perpetrated by West

realist when it’s twisted with history and rather expressionist when it’s a process of self-discovery. The transaction from fragmentation, which is man’s identity exploited by the experience of impersonal collectivism, to individualism, which is the post-Mao discourse over history and self of de-construction and reconstruction, generates a tale of sorrows and disenchantment, desperate characters seeking for definition. Narrative produces protagonist looking for the inner-self, what they were or what they

Adam Smith was born and raised in Kirkcaldy which is a town in Edinburgh. His date of birth is unknown although he was baptized on June 5th, 1723. Smith attended the University of Glasgow in 1737. Years later, after giving a number of lectures at the university of Glasgow, he got elected chair of logic at the University of Glasgow in 1751. When the equivalent position for moral philosophy became available that same year, he was elected to the place. This resulted in him doing a set of other things

The Cold War refers to the hostile political relations between the Soviet bloc countries, and the US-led Western powers from 1945-1991, resulting from ideological and political differences (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/cold-war). It is considered one of the most important events of the 20th century, and its effect can still be seen in contemporary world affairs. The Cold War was characterized by the omnipresent feeling of distrust, suspicion and fear. In the United